NASA's New $180 Million, One Use Only Spacecraft 14.14K Jeff Neumann 09/04/10 12:17PM Filed to: Space Space Nasa Solar probe plus Sun Science money well spent NASA is building a new $180 million toy called the Solar Probe Plus that it hopes to crash into the Sun within the next eight years. It's equipped with a 3D camera and a solar wind particle detector. [Image: NASA]